A plan to allow up to 2,200 homes in a new subdivision between the M1 and Westfield Tuggerah is now open for public comment.
This new community would be created on grazing land at the former abattoir site at Tuggerah with a range of housing types including seniors living.
Development of the land by owners Scentre Group (formerly Westfield) is part of a broader plan for Tuggerah Town Centre to evolve as the gateway to the northern Central Coast and to grow the district as a key location for economic development and residential growth.
In 2019, the NSW Government announced it was backing the proposal from Scentre Group for an investment (valued then at $2.8B) to transform its 70ha landholdings including Westfield and surrounding areas, into a major hub of employment, transport, leisure, health and education.
Minister for Central Coast and Member for Wyong David Harris said plans for the site had been under development since 2010.
“This proposal was announced before Council went into administration in February 2019 … and it will be decided by the independent Planning Panel, not Council, because of its size,” he said.
The planning proposal, which was raised at a Central Coast Council meeting in June 2022, would rezone land to allow a range of more than 2,000 low to high density homes including townhouses, units and seniors’ living.
Council has since received two extensions from the State Department of Planning to a deadline to amend the Coast’s Local Environment Plan to rezone the land at 60 Wyong Rd, Tuggerah.
The amendment was supposed to be finalised by the end of last year; then it was going to be done by early March; now the latest date is to have the rezoning done by July 26.
But first, it has to go out on public exhibition.
The period of public exhibition started on April 17 and ends on May 31.
The 41.6ha site is bound by the M1 to the west, Tonkiss Rd and Westfield to the east, Wyong Rd to the north and bushland to the south.
A range of technical documents are on public exhibition, covering topics such as flooding, biodiversity, noise, community needs and market demand.
The homes would be supported by a range of commercial, retail, community, recreation and entertainment uses including a new district recreation park, new youth centre and shared pathways and cycleways throughout the development and connecting to Tuggerah train station and bus interchange.
The Local Planning Panel looked at the proposal in 2022 and supported Council going to the State Department for a gateway determination which is the process Council is now finalising to change the zoning.
However, the Panel said Council should ensure that any subsequent development application for use of the land thoroughly addressed the issues of flooding, evacuation and suitability of the future proposed use.
It said the proposed rezoning to R1 General Residential was consistent with surrounding residential development and would provide additional housing in close proximity to existing infrastructure and services, bringing increased vitality and viability to the Tuggerah Town Centre.
“Retention of the B4 zoned land will provide for short term bulky goods retail development, transitioning to mixed use development along Wyong Rd in the longer term,” the Panel said.
“This will ensure ongoing job opportunities with the potential for a range of employment generating land uses including retail, office, short stay accommodation, childcare, education and medical facilities.
“Retention of the C2 Environmental Conservation zoned land will facilitate the protection, conservation and enhancement of environmentally sensitive areas (such as the rocky outcrop area) with ongoing management of the land to be funded by the proponent.”
For more information and to have your say about the planning proposal go to: https://www.yourvoiceourcoast.com/TGPP
Sue Murray and Merilyn Vale
what a joke no wonder kids are up to no good there is nothing for them to do, it was meant to be a beautiful attraction for everyone to go hang out at not more houses.
only thing making the government money obviously.
it feels like a sale of land is revenue raising
where not aloud to cut trees that effect our property ut council keeps knocking them down and putting in as many homes on top of each other with no thought to how it will effect locals and roads
why
if you make it anything it should be an industrial estate instead
This seems like a ticking the box exercise.
Good agricultural land destroyed
We’ll need a bigger hospital if this goes ahead.
So it’ll be less than 300 sq metre dog blocks where you can jump from roof to roof.
700000 sq metres with 2200 homes not including roads equates to 318 sq metres a home.
Why doesn’t the Council start building more attractions , as there certainly isn’t many around. We have the Reptile park , and Sommersby falls, for gods sake.
Putt Putt, golf at Foresters , = Demolished for housing
Waterslide Forresters = Demolished for housing
Waterslide The Entrance = Demolished for housing
Old Sydney Town = Shut demolished.
Just to name a few !!! And these were nothing special .
I don’t suppose the old abattoir will feature in the glossy sales brochure. Would you live there?
lol you know what plane and simple it doesent matter what I think what you think. The lazy Ass council and the brain-dead government are going to do what they want anyway. Australia is a sinking ship, and we are all on it going down slowly open your eyes and look around. I don’t vote and will never vote it is pointless 🤷 the Sooner everyone wakes up and sees what the government realy are the better.
The proposed area will be a suitable place for housing as it is surrounded by transportation and retail outlets that will provide for those extra people. The area to be developed should not impact native animals as most of this area is open space. Regards John
and, what infrastructure is in place to deal with these extra 2,200 homes and people that are going to live in them? Westfield is very tired and needs to be updated to cope with the new influxes that will happen. There also needs to be better transport services and sporting facilities ,not to mention the local roads that have to deal with them all